Button



Mar.3,1925; 4 1,528,168

' J. B. SANBORN v BUTTON Filed June 4. 192a J a I 7 is EH95 5M4 4: s e 14:1i 5 6 1411 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patent ed Mar. 3, 1925.

PATENT? OFFiGEa JO'HN B; ASANB ORNT;ZOE EVAINSTQNfiILIJINQiS; :SASSIGNUR Tl"=ASSO$I-AmfmDING CORIBORAZBION} OF-'MILWAUKEKHWISGONSINQA CO'RPORKTION 'OIJ \WISCGNZSINK-I summon.

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- body of the buttonlo" fzi'il'itate bu'ttoni Be it known that I, JoH v BJSXNB RN, a citizen ofthe Unitedlfstzitesg i residing t Evanston, in the county' of,-Co0k"hnd State of Illinois, haIVeiin'vent-ed new and useful Irn' provements-iin Buttons and Other Articles, of which the foliowingis a fi11'l, i:1ezir',' eon rise, and exact description, refereneebeing haldl toathef accompanying drawingffofniing a; part. of this specification;

Thisinvention relhtes tohiittonsand other of'the' rivet or oth'er; type, i

While not limited thereto? the inventionris partieuiarly applijoable to molded artitfles and attchiiigu means of thjelrii' et. tyvpe iwirere such articles require spacing jof' ali or 2;

articles hazv'iiw mechanical;etteehihgigeens' maj or 'p ortion the-reef from the" materials to which they are att'aehed; F o" eX-amplebuttons'in many instances require spacing, from the-.fab'ries which they. are attache'din order to'faoil'ititte but toning. thereof and to prevent. distortion and; wrinkling of the fabric,'throughgwhiohithey are passed. As will he understood a button provided with a rivet'f atteehihg; niemher is lore'ferablyQif'dimed with a surface of considerable area to he clamped against theiabe rio to which the buttoniis"attached and hence such "surfiee must the spaced from the and to avoid wrinkliiig; of the" faorie. throng whieh th'e button is passed 'the latterfahricfis providedwithie special o r undul'y large Buttonhole. Ojnthe otherhand spa-'0 ing by forming the biittbn -with a molded stein is impracticahsinceit is' diiiiei lt ifi'not impossibitoobthintbe desired ""strength thereof without so" proportioning the same as to largely'defeat its: purposes K The present"inwention ihas among its objects' to provide suitable spafcin'g means for buttons or other articles of the afoiemen'-" tionedtype. 7

Another object is t0"provide metallic sparing {element of the" "above" character wherehy. the same me'y'be made ofrelati-veiy" small diameter.

parts are rigidly positioned" witirrespect to each other when the same have b'een'" fastenedtogether. V

Another object is to provide a molded ar- 19235- Serial no. 43,224

ment forte but'tonor other article whi'eh' t 1 1 weer a7; relatively "large" area ofeontect "itlji the fabrieor niat erial'to whieh it ism d;

Other" objects" and. advztntagegsof" the in} vention wflf h reinafterappear: r

In the'stccompanyingg dr'ziwing whereih are illustrated certain of fitheembodiments which 7 the invention: may vgssninerin .pi iyetiee, Figured is a vertical sectional afiew'ehow in'g button and the atteoh ing'means there fen witiifthe spaeing d-evieein7osit ibmithe pairt's 'being' in: unlocked relat'ron rte-each:

othfenj" s Fig; is a simiieir view illiitravting a modified form of ."spz eingmember with the several parts in permanentiy'l interioeked position. as the resulfiof the clenching operatibny; V j 4 i Fig: '3 is fie view simi'l tirf to'Figi 1 showing: another "formnf jspaieing member; while F 4 is it simi'iariview 'showing'stiifzinother formfof spaf cingniemberz' Reigning-m erablybonsists of 1a suitfaib'le n ateriztlzrholded' to desired shape; with a Xiveti'i'eeeiVing. clenching jeep 6 embedded therein. Passing through dihe fabrie or otherimaterial 7' tOJW-h'iOli'ii) isldesii'ed'to'attaehi the button is rivet 8. which is adapted"to1enterthe cap 6 and tip on theapplication of 'd ivivin p ressure the? head 9 t hereo f the": hollow end portion 1'0 'will lenga ge "the" abiitinent 11 in the cap to distort or clen-ch'said rivetdn the manner indioated in Fig. '2? v To. "prop erlyi sp a ce -theButton: from the material :to which" it isvthiis attached, ,1 p1 0- vide a substantially cylindrical: Inember :12 having a: red-need end portion 13 VVlliQh'iS adapted to" be'inserted dn a co ire'sp on'dirigly shaipe'd passage extending. from" the cap 6, said red-need end portioiir' cont-aotingwith: the cap 6 and being of the-samediameter as the opening 14 thereim which-opening is only slightly greater" thah the r diameter. of the"'-rivet,"to" thereby guide and steady the latter while it is heingdrivenw; Tl'ieother end of the 'meinib'er 12 is F'provided with an outwardly extending annular f flange 15- be tween wh-icli-"hndi'the head eeffihe ,riv'et the I the ibutton" pr fi spacing member 12 and the cap 6 are embedded in the buttons 5 and the spacing member 12 thus rigidly held in proper position. The unitary structure of the cap 6 and spacing member 12 assists in the proper positioning of said cap during the moldingoperation, and also provldes a button fastening andspacing device consisting of but two separate parts.

Fig. 3 illustrates an arrangement in which the spacing member 12 is separate from the cap 6, but is provided at one end with an outwardly extending annular flange 16 which is embedded in the material forming the button to thereby rigidly hold said spacing member in position. The reduced portion of the spacing member in this case extends outwardly to a point flush with the contour of the button.

In Fig. A a passage 17 through the material of the button registers with the opening 1A in the cap 6 and at the outer end of said passage is a countersunk portion 18 adapted to receive the annular flange 19 of the spacing member 12, the structure being otherwise like that shown in the preceding figures.

In attaching a button the rivet is passed through the fabric and into the spacing member and button as illustrated in the several figures, after which the rivet is forced or driven toclench the same within the embedded clenching cap 6 to thereby clamp the fabric between the head 9 of the rivet and the annular flange of the spacing member and thus hold the button in properly spaced relation with respect to the fabric, while employing a spacing member of relatively small diameter having a large area of clamping contact with the fabric.

It will of course be understood that a spacing member of greater or less diameter than that shown may be employed and that the length of the spacing member may be altered as desired.

It will also be apparent that the present invention may be applied to various articles whichit is desired to attach to and space from materials or fabrics.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character set forth, the combination with a molded composition article having a recess therein, a headed fastening member to extend through the material to which the article is to be attached and into said recess for clenching engagement therewith, a substantially cylindrical metallic member of relatively small diameter extending from said recess and having an annular flange of relatively large diameter adapted for engagement with said material to thereby space said article from said material.

2. A device of the character set forth comprising a molded composition article having a clenching cap embedded therein and a passage leading to said cap, a metallic spacing member registering with said passage and extending outwardly therefrom, a flange at the outer end of said spacing member, a fastening member adapted to pass through a material and into clenching engagement with said cap and a head on said member adapted to clamp said material against said flange.

3; A button attaching and spacing device clenching cap, a metallic spacing member 7 fitted into and extending outwardly from said passage, a flange at the outer end of said spacing member, and a headed fastening member one end of which is adapted to pass through a fabric and said spacing member into clenching engagement with said cap, whereby said fabric will be clamped between the head of said fastening member and said flange.

4:. A button attaching and spacing device comprising in combination, a molded composition button having a clenching cap molded therein, a tubular metallic spacing member abutting said cap and extending outwardly from said button, the passage through said spacing member co-operating with the open end of said cap toguide and steady a rivet while being driven into clenching engagement with said cap, and an annular flange at the outer end of said spacing member between which and the head of said rivet a fabric is adapted to be clamped.

5. In combination, a molded composition button having a tubular metallic spacing member embedded therein and extending therefrom, a flange at the outer end of said member, rivet clenching means at the inner end of said member, and a headed rivet the shank of which is adapted for clenching engagement with said last mentioned means.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto sub scribed my name. 

